Normally the FIBA windows, those breaks that exist in the domestic competition so that the national teams play qualifying matches for some future championship, are rest weeks. These are days for players disconnect, recover from some ailment that they drag and work more gently so as not to lose their shape.
They are days in which also you analyze how it was in the games already played and you even consider making some tactical change if you see something that you think could be improved or if there is something that does not work. FIBA windows They are not vacation days, but they are days of tranquility.
But in it Unicaja These are days of movement. This break has been taken advantage of to incorporate the much-sought replacement for Kravish, who will be out of the team for several months due to an injury. Augustine Rubit is already in Malaga. The North American player has been chosen. He is a veteran player, thirty-six years oldwith experience in Europe but not in the ACB. But finding a guaranteed, proven center with experience in ACB was not easy.
Without a doubt that Rubit has already played his best games in Europe. He was a player for teams with pedigree (Brose Basket, Olimpiacos, Zalgiris, Bayern Munich among others). I was playing in Lithuania and putting up good numbers.
Your experience and the fact that being in shape will make it able to help the team immediately. Let's not think that he will be a dominant center, one of those who plays close to the rim and is very good at defense. It is evident that this was not the profile that the club was looking for. Nor that Rubit will be that starting center who will play more than twenty minutes. What they were looking for was a player who would give the team from the center position the possibility of playing openly due to having a shooting threat, something that Kravish did very well and that was very important to attack depending on rival centers. That, the option to open the field with open shots, even from three points, is a quality that Rubit is going to add to the team.
An aspect that should also provide guarantees is that the American player had a clause in his contract to be able to leave in this November window and Johnma Rodriguez and ibon Navarro They have waited for this date to arrive so that Rubit could leave and incorporate him into the team. Surely there would be some player on the market who could join the squad sooner, but they have waited for Rubit. This is the player they wanted and have waited for. In this way, the lack that the team due to Kravish's injury.
But it does not seem that the template is closed. It is said that Unicaja is looking for another exterior. Castañeda's performance is not as expected and they are thinking about replacing him with another player. These situations are not easy, since Castañeda must first be willing to leave. And then you have to find another player who has the characteristics you are looking for. There are already rumors and some names, although nothing to do with the past, that when the possibility of a signing was discussed, countless names of players came to light. We will have to wait a few days to find out what happens. It is true that if Castañeda's loss finally occurs, the club can reconsider whether to incorporate another shooting guard who can play in the point guard position if necessary or have Duarte play in the shooting guard position with more continuity and reinforce the team with a player who could play in the forward and shooting guard positions.
That option arises for me, without knowing what Juanma RodrÃguez and Ibon Navarro thinkwho know much more about this than I do, because of Duarte. The Dominican player, who was possibly the signing that aroused the most excitement in the fans and also in the club, has not yet shown what was expected of him. Without a doubt, you have to continue being patient because he has a lot of talent and there was a possibility that he would need some time to adapt. But now that we are going to the market, it wouldn't be a bad idea to see if there are any players available and fit in that three-two profile.
Regardless of who comes, if someone else comes in the end, and the real fact that Rubit is already part of the teamwhat should give us the most confidence is the high percentage that Juanma and Ibon have in being successful with the signings. This should be a guarantee, always keeping in mind that it is impossible to always get it right.
